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Watt’s Next? A Guide to Re-Energizing Coal Communities

Coal transition is an enormous challenge for impacted communities. These often small, rural communities have excelled at one thing for decades…
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Colorado's Transportation Transformation: From Highway Expansion to Livable Communities

“Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities...
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The Silverton Compass Project Film

The positive response to the recent New York Times article about the Compass Project in Silverton has been humbling and exciting…

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Watt’s Next? A Guide to Re-Energizing Coal Communities
Coal transition is an enormous challenge for impacted communities. These often small, rural communities have excelled at one thing for decades…
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Colorado's Transportation Transformation: From Highway Expansion to Livable Communities
“Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities...
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From quaint canal towns to mega blocks, how a Chinese city pretzeled my planner's brain
Shanghai is a city of extremes - it is both incredibly modern and ancient; wildly dense and charmingly quaint; a sea of asphalt and paved with waterways…
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The Economic Bases Are Loaded in Northern Arizona
Economic development leaders in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties have crafted a powerful metaphor to describe the region’s emerging economic strategy.…
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Four Corners Partners: Expanding Skills for an Expanding Economy
Many communities working to diversify their economies face a common dilemma: the “chicken and egg” challenge of workforce re-training. On one hand...
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Building Better Places Training: March 6-8, 2024
Five communities from across Colorado’s mountain and rural towns will participate in our upcoming Building Better Places (BBP) training in Glenwood Springs.…
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The Silverton Compass Project Film
The positive response to the recent New York Times article about the Compass Project in Silverton has been humbling and exciting…
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What My Garden Taught Me About Economic Development: A Season in Review
As I learned about how to foster a healthy and thriving garden, I in turn learned about how to foster a healthy and thriving economy.
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Introducing Community Builders’ Colorado Mountain and Rural Places Project
An even stronger commitment to the social, environmental and economic well-being of Colorado’s cherished mountain and rural communities.
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Exploring the Link Between Brownfields and Affordable Housing
Brownfields present a unique opportunity to address affordable housing challenges in a win-win-win scenario.
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Jillian's Farewell Letter
Jillian Sutherland shares a farewell to Community Builders as she takes the next step in her career.
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Prioritizing People for Stronger Community Building
Guest writer Jamie Finney from the Greater Colorado Venture Fund shares examples from the road of how prioritizing people is the best way to build a stronger community.
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